King of New Orleans

Album: Friction, Baby (1996)
Charted: 62
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  • Got an angel on the stairs
    As if you'd even care
    When the lights are up
    And the sun had nearly gone, down

    Did you see him on the street
    Did you pass him at your feet
    Did you think at all
    How dare they even look me in the eye

    And he loves the girls
    And he loves the boys
    Gonna make
    Twenty dollars before the weekend's over

    So set him up
    Then let him fall
    Turn him over in your hands
    God save the king of New Orleans

    Got a ticket to a show
    Did you see him take a blow
    When the drunk one said
    Cat Stevens was the greatest singer

    Did you kick him in the head
    Did you see the blood run down
    Did you laugh at all
    When the people walked right by and said aloud
    Gutter punks, you're all the same
    Gonna make
    Twenty dollars 'fore the weekend's over

    So set him up
    Then let him fall
    Turn him over in your hands
    God save the king of New Orleans

    Set him up
    Let him fall
    Turn him over in your hands
    God save the King of New Orleans

    Radio in my head
    Radio in my car
    Goin' down again
    He's goin' down, again

    Any way you look
    Any way you talk it over
    It's easier
    To let it slip out of your mind

    But it rips your heart out
    Then it kicks your head in
    Would ya you give him one more chance
    Try and see the beauty in his world

    All the way in on my hands
    In on my feet and shoulders
    Gonna make
    Twenty dollars before the weekends over

    So set him up
    Then let him fall
    Turn him over in your hands
    God save the king of New Orleans

    Set him up
    Then let him fall
    Turn him over in your hands
    God save the king of New Orleans
    Yeah Writer/s: KEVIN GRIFFIN
    Publisher: Round Hill
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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